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Why do the most spoken human languages in 2021 greet with words related to health or peace?

Why do most Asian, [Middle Eastern](https://www.uri.org/uri-story/20101026-cultural-greeting-peace) and [European](https://aleteia.org/2019/04/28/where-does-the-expression-peace-be-with-you-come-from/)  languages greet with words anent health or peace? I know that "salutation" itself meant "health".


>### salute [14] 

>*Salute* goes back ultimately to the
Latin noun *salūs*, a relative of *salvus* ‘safe,
healthy’ (source of English safe and save). This
had two main strands of meaning. The primary
one was ‘health, well-being’, and in that sense it
lies behind English *salubrious* [16] and *salutary*
[15]. But by extension it also denoted a ‘wish for
someone’s well-being’, hence a ‘greeting’, and it
is this that has given English, via its derived verb
*salūtāre* ‘greet’, *salute*.

*Word Origins* (2005 2e) by John Ayto. p 434 Right column.